1956: Doris Day enjoyed the #1 spot in the U.K. with "Whatever Will Be Will Be".
1957: It was the national debut of American Bandstand on ABC-TV, hosted by Dick Clark. Clark had hosted the show locally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1952.
1957: The Coasters racked up week #11 at #1 on the R&B chart with "Searchin'".
1958: The Coasters performed "Yakety Yak" on the first anniversary of "American Bandstand".
1964: The Beach Boys recorded "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)".
1965: Sonny & Cher made their British debut at the 100 Club in London.
1965: Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was knocked off a camera car on the first day of filming a new movie Easy Come, Easy Go", breaking his leg. Several others were hurt and Paramount Pictures canceled the movie.
Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was accidentally knocked off a camera car and broke his leg on the first day of filming a new film Easy Come, Easy Go. Several other people were also hurt, causing Paramount to cancel the movie entirely.
1966: The Beatles released the album Revolver.
1967: Pink Floyd released their debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
1967: Gene Pitney appeared on the television show "Piccadilly Palace".
The invaluable contribution of A Little Bit of Soul
1967: Magical times in music as the Doors held on to #1 with "Light My Fire". Stevie Wonder was still at #2 with "I Was Made to Love Her" while the Beatles climbed from 29 to 3 with "All You Need Is Love". The Association's classic "Windy" was still at #4 after falling from #1. The rest of an almost unbelievable Top 10: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" from Procol Harum, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli, "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by the Buckinghams, "White Rabbit" was stuck on 8 for Jefferson Airplane, the Monkees rose from 24 to 9 with "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and even the #10 song was a great one--"Little Bit O' Soul" by the Music Explosion.
1969: George Harrison brought his Moog synthesizer into Abbey Road Studios as the Beatles finished recording the album Abbey Road.
1972: This Australian first charted on this date with the minor hit "Speak to the Sky", although he wouldn't score a big hit until the #1 "Jessie's Girl" nine years later--Rick Springfield.
1972: CBS Records executive Clive Davis signed Aerosmith to a contract worth $125,000 after seeing them at Max's Kansas City in New York City.
1972: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway rose to #1 on the R&B chart with "Where Is the Love".
1972: Bread had one of the hottest songs as "The Guitar Man" climbed from #62 to #39.
1975: Drummer Sandy West, guitarist Joan Jett and producer Kim Fowley formed the first all-female hard rock band called the Runaways.
1975: Stevie Wonder signed a $13 million contract with Motown to record albums for seven years.
1976: The Beach Boys appeared in a 15th anniversary television special "The Beach Boys: It's O.K." on NBC.
1977: The Police and the Clash starred at the Mont de Marsan Punk festival in France.
1978: Pete Meaden, former manager and publicist of the Who committed suicide.
1978: "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey wore the crown on the R&B chart.
San Francisco's Pablo Cruise with one of their biggest...
1978: "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones their 17th Top 10 hit and eighth #1. The Commodores were closing fast with "Three Times a Lady" while Frankie Valli was up to 3 with "Grease". Donna Summer was still standing with "Last Dance". The rest of the Top 10: "Shadow Dancing" from Andy Gibb finally fell after seven weeks at #1, Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" fell after six weeks at #2, the O'Jays were at 7 with "Use Ta Be My Girl", Foreigner entered the Top 10 with "Hot Blooded", Pablo Cruise had another hit with "Love Will Find a Way" and Bob Seger's Top 5 song "Still the Same" was at #10.
1979: Def Leppard signed on with Phonogram Records for $180,000.
1980: The Osmonds called it quits after 20 years.
1981: Olivia Newton-John was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1986: Lionel Richie released his album Dancing on the Ceiling.
1986: Michael Rudetsky, keyboardist with Culture Club, was found dead at Boy George's London home in Hampstead.
1989: Gloria Estefan reached #1 on the U.K. album chart with Cuts Both Ways.
1989: Richard Marx took over the top spot on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Right Here Waiting".
1990: Madonna finished her Blond Ambition Tour in Nice, France.
1992: Jeff Porcaro of Toto died of cardiac arrest from an allergic reaction when he sprayed insecticide in his Hidden Hills, California yard at the age of 38.
1993: Randy Hobbs, bass guitarist with the McCoys, Edgar Winter Group and Montrose, died of drugs at his hotel room in Dayton, Ohio.
Blues Traveler had an innovative sound
1995: The great "Waterfalls", one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*, was #1 for a fifth week by TLC. Monica moved to challenge with "Don't Take It Personal (just one of dem days)". Seal was up to 4 with "Kiss From a Rose". The rest of the Top 10: Shaggy with "Boombastic/Summer Time", All-4-One remained at 6 with "I Can Love You Like That", Boyz II Men's former #1 "Water Runs Dry" was at #7, Blues Traveler had song #8--"Run-Around", Vanessa Williams reached the Top 10 with "Colors of the Wind" and Jon B. and Babyface were at #10 with "Someone To Love".
1996: Bruce Springsteen sued two London criminals who were illegally distributing an album they claimed Springsteen had recorded called Unearthed.
2001: David Gray owned the top U.K. album with White Ladder.
2003: Smash Mouth released the album Get the Picture?
The reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled their tour after lead guitarist Gary Rossington was told by his doctor to take it easy. Rossington had open heart surgery in February.
2003: Dido topped the U.K. album chart with Life For Rent.
2005: Mariah Carey remained at #1 for a tenth week with "We Belong Together".
2007: DNA testing on nearly a dozen people who claimed to be children of James Brown revealed that at least two of them were. Why all of a sudden? It was time for the will to be distributed.
2008: Robert Hazard, who wrote "Girls Just Wanna' Have Fun" for Cyndi Lauper, died after surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Born This Day:
1942: Rick Huxley of the Dave Clark Five
1946: Jimmy Webb, one of the greatest songwriters of the Rock Era, was born in Elk City, Oklahoma
1947: Gregory Leskiw, guitarist of the Guess Who, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1947: Rick Derringer (Richard Zehringer) guitarist with the McCoy's ("Hang On Sloopy") and the Edgar Winter Group and a solo performer, was born in Celina, Ohio
1953: Samantha Sang was born in Melbourne, Australia
1955: Eddie Ojeda, guitarist of Twisted Sister, was born in New York City
1959: Pat Smear, formerly of the Foo Fighters and Nirvana, was born in Los Angeles
1959: Pete Burns from Dead or Alive ("You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record))" was born in Port Sunlight, Wirral, United Kingdom
1960: Calvin Hayes of Johnny Hates Jazz ("Shattered Dreams" from 1987)
1960: Stuart Croxford of Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy" from 1983)
1963: Mike Nocito, guitarist of Johnny Hates Jazz
1965: Jeff Coffin, saxophone player for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band, Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-5.html
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1957: It was the national debut of American Bandstand on ABC-TV, hosted by Dick Clark. Clark had hosted the show locally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1952.
1957: The Coasters racked up week #11 at #1 on the R&B chart with "Searchin'".
1958: The Coasters performed "Yakety Yak" on the first anniversary of "American Bandstand".
1964: The Beach Boys recorded "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)".
1965: Sonny & Cher made their British debut at the 100 Club in London.
1965: Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was knocked off a camera car on the first day of filming a new movie Easy Come, Easy Go", breaking his leg. Several others were hurt and Paramount Pictures canceled the movie.
Jan Berry of Jan and Dean was accidentally knocked off a camera car and broke his leg on the first day of filming a new film Easy Come, Easy Go. Several other people were also hurt, causing Paramount to cancel the movie entirely.
1966: The Beatles released the album Revolver.
1967: Pink Floyd released their debut album Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
1967: Gene Pitney appeared on the television show "Piccadilly Palace".
The invaluable contribution of A Little Bit of Soul
1967: Magical times in music as the Doors held on to #1 with "Light My Fire". Stevie Wonder was still at #2 with "I Was Made to Love Her" while the Beatles climbed from 29 to 3 with "All You Need Is Love". The Association's classic "Windy" was still at #4 after falling from #1. The rest of an almost unbelievable Top 10: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" from Procol Harum, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli, "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by the Buckinghams, "White Rabbit" was stuck on 8 for Jefferson Airplane, the Monkees rose from 24 to 9 with "Pleasant Valley Sunday" and even the #10 song was a great one--"Little Bit O' Soul" by the Music Explosion.
1969: George Harrison brought his Moog synthesizer into Abbey Road Studios as the Beatles finished recording the album Abbey Road.
1972: This Australian first charted on this date with the minor hit "Speak to the Sky", although he wouldn't score a big hit until the #1 "Jessie's Girl" nine years later--Rick Springfield.
1972: CBS Records executive Clive Davis signed Aerosmith to a contract worth $125,000 after seeing them at Max's Kansas City in New York City.
1972: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway rose to #1 on the R&B chart with "Where Is the Love".
1972: Bread had one of the hottest songs as "The Guitar Man" climbed from #62 to #39.
1975: Drummer Sandy West, guitarist Joan Jett and producer Kim Fowley formed the first all-female hard rock band called the Runaways.
1975: Stevie Wonder signed a $13 million contract with Motown to record albums for seven years.
1976: The Beach Boys appeared in a 15th anniversary television special "The Beach Boys: It's O.K." on NBC.
1977: The Police and the Clash starred at the Mont de Marsan Punk festival in France.
1978: Pete Meaden, former manager and publicist of the Who committed suicide.
1978: "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey wore the crown on the R&B chart.
San Francisco's Pablo Cruise with one of their biggest...
1978: "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones their 17th Top 10 hit and eighth #1. The Commodores were closing fast with "Three Times a Lady" while Frankie Valli was up to 3 with "Grease". Donna Summer was still standing with "Last Dance". The rest of the Top 10: "Shadow Dancing" from Andy Gibb finally fell after seven weeks at #1, Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" fell after six weeks at #2, the O'Jays were at 7 with "Use Ta Be My Girl", Foreigner entered the Top 10 with "Hot Blooded", Pablo Cruise had another hit with "Love Will Find a Way" and Bob Seger's Top 5 song "Still the Same" was at #10.
1979: Def Leppard signed on with Phonogram Records for $180,000.
1980: The Osmonds called it quits after 20 years.
1981: Olivia Newton-John was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1986: Lionel Richie released his album Dancing on the Ceiling.
1986: Michael Rudetsky, keyboardist with Culture Club, was found dead at Boy George's London home in Hampstead.
1989: Gloria Estefan reached #1 on the U.K. album chart with Cuts Both Ways.
1989: Richard Marx took over the top spot on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Right Here Waiting".
1990: Madonna finished her Blond Ambition Tour in Nice, France.
1992: Jeff Porcaro of Toto died of cardiac arrest from an allergic reaction when he sprayed insecticide in his Hidden Hills, California yard at the age of 38.
1993: Randy Hobbs, bass guitarist with the McCoys, Edgar Winter Group and Montrose, died of drugs at his hotel room in Dayton, Ohio.
Blues Traveler had an innovative sound
1995: The great "Waterfalls", one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*, was #1 for a fifth week by TLC. Monica moved to challenge with "Don't Take It Personal (just one of dem days)". Seal was up to 4 with "Kiss From a Rose". The rest of the Top 10: Shaggy with "Boombastic/Summer Time", All-4-One remained at 6 with "I Can Love You Like That", Boyz II Men's former #1 "Water Runs Dry" was at #7, Blues Traveler had song #8--"Run-Around", Vanessa Williams reached the Top 10 with "Colors of the Wind" and Jon B. and Babyface were at #10 with "Someone To Love".
1996: Bruce Springsteen sued two London criminals who were illegally distributing an album they claimed Springsteen had recorded called Unearthed.
2001: David Gray owned the top U.K. album with White Ladder.
2003: Smash Mouth released the album Get the Picture?
The reformed Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled their tour after lead guitarist Gary Rossington was told by his doctor to take it easy. Rossington had open heart surgery in February.
2003: Dido topped the U.K. album chart with Life For Rent.
2005: Mariah Carey remained at #1 for a tenth week with "We Belong Together".
2007: DNA testing on nearly a dozen people who claimed to be children of James Brown revealed that at least two of them were. Why all of a sudden? It was time for the will to be distributed.
2008: Robert Hazard, who wrote "Girls Just Wanna' Have Fun" for Cyndi Lauper, died after surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Born This Day:
1942: Rick Huxley of the Dave Clark Five
1946: Jimmy Webb, one of the greatest songwriters of the Rock Era, was born in Elk City, Oklahoma
1947: Gregory Leskiw, guitarist of the Guess Who, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1947: Rick Derringer (Richard Zehringer) guitarist with the McCoy's ("Hang On Sloopy") and the Edgar Winter Group and a solo performer, was born in Celina, Ohio
1953: Samantha Sang was born in Melbourne, Australia
1955: Eddie Ojeda, guitarist of Twisted Sister, was born in New York City
1959: Pat Smear, formerly of the Foo Fighters and Nirvana, was born in Los Angeles
1959: Pete Burns from Dead or Alive ("You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record))" was born in Port Sunlight, Wirral, United Kingdom
1960: Calvin Hayes of Johnny Hates Jazz ("Shattered Dreams" from 1987)
1960: Stuart Croxford of Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy" from 1983)
1963: Mike Nocito, guitarist of Johnny Hates Jazz
1965: Jeff Coffin, saxophone player for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and the Dave Matthews Band, Source URL: http://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-day-in-rock-music-history-august-5.html
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